Alcoholic epilepsy. A definition and a description of other convulsions related to alcoholism.
The role of alcohol intake and withdrawal in so-called alcoholic epilepsy is discussed and illustrated by case reports. A classification is made which includes definitions of withdrawal convulsions, tetany-like withdrawal convulsions and alcohol-induced epileptic fits, with or without predisposing features.
D000328:Adult; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000175:diagnosis; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced; D013035:Spasm / Q000139:chemically induced